IT Security Consultants in Germany
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Andreas R.
Last position:
Freelance Information Security Consultant at A-R-C Andreas Rühl Consulting
Development and implementation of customized information security strategies
Introduction and further development of ISMS according to ISO 27001, BSI-Grundschutz and other standards
Risk management and preparation of security concepts
Consulting for KRITIS, PCI DSS, TISAX and VdS 3473/10000
Establishment and optimization of security organizations
Creation and implementation of policies, guidelines, work instructions and process descriptions
Audit support and certification preparation
Delivery of training sessions, workshops and awareness campaigns
Selection and consulting for the introduction of IT security solutions such as SIEM, DLP, IDS/IPS, firewalls and encryption technologies
Conducting penetration tests and vulnerability analyses
Consulting on the selection, integration and management of security architectures in complex IT environments
Consulting on ITSM, managed security services and SOC
Management and coordination of complex projects to improve information security
Process analysis, optimization and management according to ITIL, ISO 27001 and cybernetics
Introduction and quality assurance of management, documentation and knowledge management systems
Support in complying with regulatory information security requirements (e.g. GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, GMP, KRITIS)
Development and implementation of risk analysis procedures
Organization of initial response, forensic investigations and organizational measures in security incidents
Design and delivery of targeted workshops on topics such as ISMS, IT risks and current threat scenarios
Awareness campaigns to promote a security culture in companies
Special training on ISO 27001, BSI-Grundschutz, KRITIS and other relevant standards
Simulations and exercises to prepare for information security incidents
Interim management for leading information security projects or IT security organizations
Taking on the role of external CISO (Chief Information Security Officer)
Support in developing and implementing IT security and corporate strategies
Coaching and mentoring of managers in information security
Establishment and management of security departments, including employee recruitment and qualification
Temporary assumption of management responsibility in critical situations
Matthias K.
Last position:
Business Owner at AKM
Management of several MFA methods for centralized authentication within a group. Interface between various stakeholders such as Support, Finance, Developers, and Security departments. Assessment of compliance requirements such as KRITIS. Budget controlling and monitoring of KPIs and SLAs. Support with internal and external audits on MFA topics and with connecting new systems. Review of operational documentation. Participation in steering committees and leadership of service review meetings and decision-making committees.
Tools/Frameworks: FIDO, Yubikey, Veridium, BSI Grundschutz, NIST
Christian F.
Last position:
Project Lead & Cyber Security Consultant at Deutsche Börse Gruppe
- Established a cyber resilience framework for AI-accelerated threats in the Frontier AI Threat Endurance (FATE) program: capability assessments, maturity assessments and gap analyses covering cyber security, operational resilience, incident response, recovery and governance, followed by target concepts and improvement measures
- Supported action owners from specification through implementation: implementation roadmaps, decision papers, management presentations and governance reporting, as well as audit- and supervision-ready documentation; managed stakeholders from IT, Information Security, Risk Management, Operational Resilience, Business Continuity and the business units
Peter D.
Last position:
Security Consultant at Public-law institution of the city administration
- Requirements management, process planning, interface function, ISMS setup, and documentation
- Setup and establishment of an ISMS according to ISO 27001 and establishment of emergency management / ITSCM
- Coordination of the circumstances with the public-sector IT service provider
- Consideration of KRITIS relevance within the scope and implementation of a B3S
- Development of requirements for document control and the continuous improvement process
- Preparation of relevant project documents
- Analysis of existing processes and preparation of guidelines
- Requirements gathering for ISMS and ITSCM and coordination with the IT service provider, including definition of interfaces
- Analysis of communication processes and escalation paths
- Review of documents for risk management, ISMS, emergency preparedness, and emergency response
- Redesign of the complete documentation and preparation of new relevant documents
- Development of necessary rules, policies, and concepts
- Interface between customer and service provider to ensure document quality
- Coordination of protection needs with specialist departments, particularly regarding KRITIS relevance, and planning of resulting measures
- Development of preventive measures to minimize the risk of data center outages in scenarios such as pandemics or ransomware attacks
- Definition of the test strategy for IT emergency exercises
- Initiation of necessary awareness training measures for specialist departments
- External Information Security Officer
- Introduction of document control
Reza N.
Last position:
Senior IT-Security Expert at Teambank AG
- Completed the integration of log sources into Microsoft Sentinel, including GCP workloads – centralized consolidation of all security-relevant events from Azure and GCP environments for complete end-to-end telemetry and comprehensive compliance evidence
- Developed custom rules and use cases based on the GFG Use-Case Library and the MITRE ATT&CK Matrix to cover company-specific threats and GFG-relevant scenarios with precise, mapped detection rules
- Tuned detection rules to minimize false positives, optimized detection thresholds, and modeled exceptions – enabling the SOC to work with relevant, prioritized alerts while reducing Mean Time to Detect/Respond
- Built SOAR capabilities in Sentinel by developing playbooks to automate recurring response processes such as containment, user and host isolation, and ticketing – shorter response times and 24/7 scalability
- Designed and built a log transformation solution to normalize and enrich incoming raw logs (GeoIP, CMDB, threat intelligence) and convert them into a consistent schema for high-performance KQL queries, use case logic, and correlations
- Managed Azure security through Azure Policies to enforce security and compliance standards, prevent drift, and continuously remediate deviations
- Operated the Defender XDR portal to link endpoint, identity, email, and SaaS signals with Sentinel findings, enable holistic incident triage, and orchestrate measures directly from XDR
Technologies: Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender XDR, Azure Policy, KQL, GCP, MITRE ATT&CK
Julian W.
Last position:
Renewal of the Active Network Infrastructure
As part of this project, the existing active network infrastructure was modernized and made fit for the future. The goal was to introduce a powerful, secure and scalable network and WLAN infrastructure, including a Network Access Control (NAC) solution to improve network security and centralized access control.
At the beginning of the project, a comprehensive requirements analysis was carried out, taking into account the technical, operational and security-related requirements of the hospital sites. On this basis, a technical tender was prepared for new switches, WLAN access points and the NAC solution.
The successful implementation of the project established a modern, standardized and secure network infrastructure that meets the growing requirements for availability, mobility and IT security in hospital operations.
Activities:
- Supporting the tender process, including technical evaluation of offers and bidder evaluation
- Leading and managing the entire project implementation
- Coordinating the project process with internal stakeholders, business units and hospital IT
- Managing external service providers during the implementation and installation of the systems
- Monitoring the implementation, including quality control, project acceptance and defect management
- Coordinating and managing communication between hospital IT and external service providers as part of the NAC implementation
- Managing escalations in the event of technical and organizational challenges
- Ongoing budget monitoring and control of project expenses and additional costs
- Preparing decision papers for management on project changes, additional services and risks
Mahmoud Q.
Last position:
Information Security & GRC Expert at GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group)
As a Council Member at GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group), the world’s leading expert network, I provide organizations, investment firms, and consulting companies with expert discussions on demand – wherever specialized knowledge in information security, IT governance, and regulatory compliance is needed.
My assessments are based on many years of practical experience in highly regulated industries: from building and implementing information security management systems (ISMS according to ISO 27001), IT risk and vulnerability management, and business continuity (ISO 22301) to the practical implementation of European regulations such as DORA, NIS2, BAIT, and the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).
The cooperation is project- and discussion-based. I provide decision-makers with a practical perspective gained from real-world experience on cyber risks, security governance, and operational resilience – exactly when it is needed.
Jens B.
Last position:
Senior Cyber Security Consultant at Brennscheidt IT Consulting
KEY PROJECTS
Since 05/2023 | Bank | Senior Cyber Security Consultant (external)
- Advising and guiding the system owners in creating and further developing IT security concepts
- Coordinating and tracking the remediation of findings from reviews and audits
- Advising on the implementation of regulatory requirements for information security
10/2023 – 02/2024 | Fintech | Project Manager (external)
- Project management to close various audit gaps in the field of information security
- Conceptual design and implementation of an information security management system based on ISO/IEC 27001
- Creation and further development of ISMS documents and processes
Günther E.
Last position:
IT Security & Governance Consulting (DORA & NIS2): at Freelance Assignment
Strategic consulting for the development and strengthening of ISMS structures (ISO 27001 / BSI IT-Grundschutz), including onboarding, gap analyses, and preparation of the IT organization for DORA requirements (ICT third-party risk) and NIS2 compliance. Auditing compliance requirements in a regulated environment.
Mohamad D.
Last position:
DevOps Engineer & IT-Security-Architect at BMW Group
- Built Azure Kubernetes clusters (AKS) with network policies, security groups, and RBAC
- Terraform-based infrastructure as code for secure, reproducible deployments in the BMW Azure cloud
- Hardened CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, SonarQube, Fortify SSC, and Contrast AST
- Integrated SAP BTP/Kyma and ServiceNow GRC
Stefan R.
Last position:
Information Security Consultant at TÜV TRUST IT GmbH
- Conducting information classification, risk management and supplier assessment workshops
- Introduction of a customer-specific information security minimum standard (based on TISAX and ISO 27001) since Apr. 2026; implementing the same standard in parallel for a second customer
- Building an ISMS according to ISO 27001 for a logistics company (approx. 160–200 MA)
- Municipal utility company (KRITIS, approx. 450 MA): independently introduced the CRISAM GRC tool and am currently expanding it to include NIS-2 areas, took over parts of the ISB support mandate, and followed up on and remediated audit findings
- Supporting customers in implementing DORA and NIS-2, including documentation for a financial institution
- Conducting and supporting audits of systems for attack detection (SzA) according to § 8a BSIG (today §§ 31, 39 BSIG)
- Creating network structure plans according to IT-SiKat
- Creating technical security concepts (logging, IAM, attack detection)
Alicja W.
Last position:
Integrated security and emergency documentation for a 24/7 logistics company at Mid-sized logistics company
- Creation of complete bilingual (DE/EN) security and emergency documentation: Business Continuity Plan / Disaster Recovery Plan, Incident Response Plan v2.0 with four case-specific playbooks (PICERL), access control policy, Vulnerability Management Policy, Business Resilience Programme, Risk Governance Plan
- Consolidation into an integrated emergency manual (12 chapters) with immediate checklists for six emergency scenarios, a prioritized action table and a formal approval structure
- Review and documentation of the applicability of NIS2 and HinSchG, including the legal reasoning for non-applicability
- Processing of a penetration test report (Greenbone) with complete remediation of all findings and formal risk acceptance of a residual risk with a documented compensating control
Kartheek K.
Last position:
Advisor & Investor (Limited Partner) at Destrosolutions
- Advised the executive team on the strategy, architecture, and development of an AI-powered Product Security Operations Center (PSOC); a cybersecurity operating system for software-defined cyber physical connected systems.
- Provided strategic guidance on product vision, regulatory alignment, and market positioning, supporting capabilities across threat intelligence, vulnerability management, compliance automation, and autonomous product security.
Viktor K.
Last position:
Security Operator at Pfeifer und Langen IT-Solutions GmbH
- Operational management of a hybrid Palo Alto Networks firewall infrastructure in an IoT environment
- Network zoning using VLANs
- Analysis, optimization, and security hardening of the rule set
- Implementation of additional firewalls in the infrastructure
- IP address management
- Security operations for Nozomi Networks’ IoT NRD solution
- Security operations for secXtreme’s honeypot infrastructure
- Managing service providers to ensure and implement required network measures
- Communication with customers and service providers in an international environment
- Technologies used: Palo Alto Networks, Panorama, Palo Alto AWS-cloud-Firewall, Nozomi Networks, Honeybox
M. S.
Last position:
Security Consulting, Audits & Expert Opinions
- Innovation/pilot project eGesundheit Deutschland
- SaaS company in the media sector, NRW
- Secure software development lifecycle, NRW
- BSI IT-Grundschutz expert opinions for several clinics
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IT Security Consultants statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
21 years
Position duration
3.3 years
Positions per freelancer
14
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Audit, Quality Assurance
Bachelor's degree or higher
80%
Master's degree or higher
50%
Doctorate
11%
Certifications per freelancer
8
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
95%
Based on our profile pool as of 26 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates for IT Security Consultants in Germany
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 26 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
IT Security Consultants experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (94%)
- Professional Services (63%)
- Banking and Finance (48%)
- Automotive (47%)
- Manufacturing (42%)
- Government and Administration (39%)
- Healthcare (36%)
- Insurance (34%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the role
Security focus
An IT security consultant helps companies reduce risk across systems, networks, cloud services, and internal processes. The work often starts with a security review, threat analysis, or gap assessment, then moves into concrete measures that teams can implement.
- Security assessments and risk workshops
- Security architecture and control reviews
- Policies, standards, and technical guidance
- Support for audits, remediation, and incident response
Typical projects
Companies bring in a cybersecurity consultant for new platform rollouts, mergers, cloud migrations, or when security work is blocked by daily operations. A strong consultant can work with IT, infrastructure, application, and compliance teams without slowing delivery.
In Germany, this role is common in industrial firms, financial services, SaaS companies, healthcare, and regulated mid-market businesses. The consultant may join remotely for analysis and documentation, then come on-site for workshops, stakeholder interviews, or technical reviews.
Core skills
A good IT Security Consultant combines technical depth with clear communication. They need to explain risk in plain words, prioritize issues by business impact, and turn findings into practical actions.
- Network, endpoint, cloud, and identity security
- Security frameworks such as ISO 27001 and NIST
- Vulnerability management and hardening
- Secure design for applications and infrastructure
- Incident handling and remediation planning
Tools and methods
The right consultant knows the tools that fit the task, not just the tools on a checklist. Common work includes vulnerability scanners, SIEM and logging platforms, IAM reviews, firewall analysis, and policy or control documentation.
Many companies also look for an information security consultant who can support audits, define security controls, or prepare teams for external certification work. For cloud-heavy environments, experience with Azure, AWS, and Microsoft 365 security is often important.
What strong consultants deliver
A strong cybersecurity consultant leaves behind clear outputs that teams can use immediately. Good work is specific, documented, and realistic for the client’s environment.
- Prioritized findings with business impact
- Remediation plans and control owners
- Security concepts and technical recommendations
- Workshop notes and decision records
- Support during fixes, validation, and handover
When to hire freelance
Freelance security support makes sense when you need specialist knowledge for a defined scope, or when internal teams lack time to address a critical issue. It also works well for short audits, project-based hardening, temporary leadership, or extra help during a compliance deadline.
A security advisor on a freelance basis can join quickly, focus on the gap, and step out once the work is complete. That gives companies flexibility without committing to a permanent hire before the need is clear.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about IT Security Consultants? Start with the answers below.
An IT Security Consultant reviews risks, identifies gaps, and helps teams improve technical and organisational security. That can include architecture reviews, hardening, policy work, vulnerability management, and support during incidents or audits. The exact scope depends on whether the client needs strategic advice, hands-on implementation, or both.
A strong IT Security Consultant needs technical depth in networks, identity, endpoints, cloud, and logging, plus the ability to explain risk clearly. Experience with security frameworks, remediation planning, and stakeholder workshops is also important. The best consultants can move between technical detail and business impact without losing either side.
A cybersecurity consultant usually has a broader advisory role than a security engineer. They assess risk, shape security measures, support audits, and guide decisions across teams, while a security engineer often focuses more on building and operating specific controls. In many projects the two roles overlap, but the consultant is typically the one framing the problem and priorities.
Freelance IT Security Consultants are a good fit when the need is project-based, urgent, or highly specialised. Companies often choose this route for audits, cloud migrations, incident recovery, or temporary coverage while a permanent role is still being defined. It is also useful when the internal team needs outside judgment on an existing setup.
Yes, an information security consultant can handle much of the work remotely, especially reviews, documentation, and interviews. On-site time is still useful for workshops, technical validation, and discussions with IT, operations, or management. In Germany, many clients prefer a mix of remote and on-site collaboration depending on the sensitivity of the environment.
A good IT Security Consultant should leave behind clear, usable output. That usually means a risk assessment, a prioritized findings list, remediation guidance, and supporting documentation such as security concepts or control mappings. For regulated clients, the consultant may also prepare audit evidence or help close findings with the internal team.
Ask how the security advisor has handled similar environments, what concrete deliverables they produce, and how they approach prioritisation. Good signs are clear thinking, realistic recommendations, and the ability to explain trade-offs without jargon. If the consultant can quickly identify the real risk areas and suggest workable next steps, that is a strong signal.
In Germany, IT Security Consultants are often brought into industrial companies, financial services, healthcare, software firms, and regulated mid-market businesses. These organisations usually face a mix of technical risk, audit pressure, and internal resource limits. The consultant must understand both the technology and the local business context to be effective.
The average hourly rate for IT Security Consultants in Germany is 113 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 900 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers working as IT Security Consultants in Germany, 80% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 50% hold at least a Master's degree, and 11% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers working as IT Security Consultants in Germany have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers working as IT Security Consultants in Germany are German (100%), English (95%), and French (18%).
The most common industries among freelancers working as IT Security Consultants in Germany are Information Technology (94%), Professional Services (63%), and Banking and Finance (48%).
The most common business areas among freelancers working as IT Security Consultants in Germany are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (84%), and Operations (66%).
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